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REGISTER FLASH MECHANISM Filed Nov. 28, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet I5 INVENTO/P. ALBEHTS. WHEELBARGER WWW ATTORNEY Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT s. WHEELBABGEB, or DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO REGISTER FLASH MECHANISM Application filed November 28, 1927. Serial No. 236,094.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a duplicate set of indicator wheels, one set of which is to be read from the front of the register and the other set from the I; rear thereof, and a flash mechanism which will simultaneously indicate whether or not the fare indicated on the drums has been registered.

Another object of the invention is to provide a flash and associated mechanismtherefor which is operated simultaneously with the movement of any one of the fare indicating drums so as to show that the fare ind cated thereon has not been registered until such time as it is in fact registered.

Another object of the invention is to provide a flash which will not cover the part of the fare drums which indicate the fare set up but which will indicate whether or not that fare has been registered.

Other objects will appear in the detailed specification which follows.

. In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the flash mechanism together with the associated parts of the register.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a left side elevational view with the casing removed.

Fig. 4 is a section on the lines 44 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a right side elevation, and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the flash setting cam and internal lever. I

There are a plurality of setting levers 1, only five of which, however, are shown for the remainder of the setting levers operate mechanism which is in no wise connected with this invention. For convenience the invention is shown as applied to that type of register, as shown in the application of Albert S. Wheelbarger and Grover C. Coil, Serial No. 65,532, filed October 29, 1925. The levers 1 are connected to gears 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. The gear 6 drives a gear 7 on a collar ,8 to which is secured a gear 9 which drives a gear 10 secured to the indicating. drum 11. The indicatin drum 11 is provided with a plurality of c aracters such as TR, being an abbreviation for transfer,

HF for half fare, T C for ticket, and CM for commutation. Obviously, these characters might be anything, such as characters to indicate milk, cream, candy, etc. as the machine is in no wise limited to transportation purposes. The gears 12, 13 and 14 are loosely mounted on the shaft 16 while the gear is secured thereto. A gear 17 is also secured to the shaft 16, which gear 17 meshes with a gear 18 carried by the drum 19 on which appear the characters 0 to 9 inclusive. A gear 20 is also secured to the shaft 16, which gear drives a gear 21 on the indicator drum 22. The gear 14 is secured to a collar 23 rotatably mounted on the shaft 16 and a gear 24 is likewise secured to said collar, which gear drives gear 25 secured to the drum 26. A gear 27 on a shaft 28 likewise meshes with the gear 25. The gear 27 is secured to the shaft 28, which shaft also carries a gear 29 secured thereto, which gear 29 meshes with a gear 30 on the drum 31. The gear 13 is secured to a collar 32 rotatably mounted on the shaft 16, which collar carries a gear 33 which meshes with and drives a gear 34 on the drum 35. A gear 36, Fig. 1, meshes with the gear 34, which gear 36 is secured to a shaft 37 on which is fixed a gear 38 which meshes with and drives a gear 39 on a drum 40. The gear 12 is secured to a collar 41 which carries a gear 42 which drives a gear 43 aflixed to the drum 44. A gear 45, mounted on a collar 46, which is rotatably mounted on the shaft 28, meshes with the gear 43. The collar 46 also carries a gear 47 which meshes with and drives a gear 48 secured to the drum 49.

As shown in Fig. 1, the drum 11 is vided with a duplicate set of characters appearing thereon and these characters are so arranged that one set can be read from the front of the machine and the other set from the rear thereof through sight openings 50 and 51 respectively, which sight openings are nothing but openings in the casing 52 and which sight openings, of course, are covered by any transparent substance, such as glass, to prevent the ingress of dirt and. foreign matter. It is obvious pro- \ machine, respectively.

that the fare drums are arranged in duplicate and are simultaneously actuated. All of the indicator wheels are mounted on a shaft 53 secured to the upper part of the frameworl-z of the machine.

The flash is mounted on the shaft 53 and consists of end plates 54: and 55 connected by a plate 56. This plate 56 forms an arc of a circle as is clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 and extends across the entire length of the drums. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the words Not reg. appear at the extreme front and rear portions of the flash and both of these designations are in such a position as to be in alignment with the class of fare and the amount to be charged therefor which is indicated on the drums. This indicates both to the front and the rear of the machine that the fare has been set up on the indicator drums but it has not as yet been re-"iste1.'ed. As soon as it has been registered the flash is moved in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 3 so as to move the words Not reg. at the front of the machine below the fare appearing beneath the sight opening and to raise the desi nation Not reg. above the sight opening 51. The plate 56 is cut away in part as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 so that regardless of its movement it does not obscure the characters to be read from the front of the machine or from the rear thereof, but it does obscure the characters which should not be read from the front and rear of the This is essential for the reason that otherwise a person might read the wrong figures. Especially is this true in the case of a (5, which when turned upside down is a 9.

The shaft 57 is provided with a plurality of levers 58 which carry rollers 59 which ngage the teeth of the gears 2, 3, at, 5 and respectively, which are mounted on the shaft 60. The levers 58 are actuated so as to hold the rollers 59 in engagement with the gears 2, 3, a, 5 and 6 by means of a spring 61. Arms 62 are secured to sleeves 65 rotatably mounted on the shaft 57, which arms are connected by a cross-bar 64 lying immediately in front of the levers 58. The right hand sleeve 63 is connected to an arm 65 connected to a spring 67 which is in turn secured to any fixed part of the machine. The spring (37 by pulling upwardly on the arm 65 holds the cross-bar 64 in engagement with the levers 58. The arm 65 is provided with a pin 68 which engages a bell crank lever 69 mounted on a pin 70 in the right sidewall of the frame. The bell crank lever 69 extends upwardly as clearly shown in Fig. 5 so as to engage with the seat 71 or 72 in the plate of the frame. These two seats are connected by means of a sloping surface 73.

he machine is operated through a crank handle 74 connected to a gear 75 which drives a gear 76 on a shaft 77 which drives a Geneva gear 78 which meshes with a Geneva pinion 79 on a shaft 80, which Geneva pinion 79 drives a gear 81 on a shaft 82. The Geneva gear 7 8 is so constructed that the shafts 80 and 82 are rotated only during the last part of the rotation of the crank handle 74. The shaft 82 is provided with a cam 83, Figs. 4, 5 and 6, which has a cut away portion at forming a recess in which normally lies the lower end of a lever 85 pivoted on a rod 86. The upper end of the lever 85 engages one arm of a bell crank lever 87 pivoted on a cross-rod 88 and normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a spring 89. The upper end of the bell crank lever 87 is curved and extends outwardly through an aperture 90 in the casing. The upper end of the bell crank lever 87 carries a pin 91 which engages between two arms 92 in the plate 55 of the flash.

In operation the respective levers are moved so as to rotate the proper fare drums to indicate the fare which is to be registered. The amount of movement necessary to impart to the levers 1 can be determined by having indications on the casing such as shown in the said application of \Vheelbarger and Coil, Serial No. 65,532. This is not necessary, however, for the fare that appears on the indicator drums would Sulliciently indicate in what direction and how far it is necessary to move each of the levers to register any fare desired. As soon as any one of these levers 1 is moved, the teeth of the gear attached thereto would cause the lower end of one of the levers 58 to move outwardly or away from the said gear. This movement would likewise move the cross-bar 64 and thereby lock the machine against operation as fully described in the said application of .Vheelbarger and Coil, Serial No. 65,532, and also moving the arm downwardly so that the pin 68 would engage the lever 69, moving the same against the tension of the spring 923 and moving the other end thereof from the seat 71 to the seat 72. The spring 89 would now act on the lever 87, which would move the two signs Not reg. carried by the flash into position such as shown in Fig. 1; that is, in alignment with the characters appearing on the drums. It is then possible to move any of the levers 1 without again moving the flash, for the flash would indicate that regardless of what appeared on the drums no registration had occurred thereof. After properly setting the levers l the crank handle 74 is rotated, driving the trains of gearing connecting the same with the shaft 82 and thereby rotating the cam 83. The cam 83 is normally in the position shown in Fig. 6. As soon as it commences its rota.-

tion it moves the lower portion of the bell crank lever away from the shaft 82 and locks the upper portion thereof against the lever 87, rotatin the lever 87 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fi 4: or in a clockwise direction as viewed in ig. 5, moving the flash from the full line position shown in Fig. 5 to the dotted line position. It will be noted that this action takes place prior to the complete operation of the crank arm 74. The levers 1, however, cannot be moved until the crank arm 7 4 has been completely operated as is fully set forth in the application referred to above.

I have described my mechanism as adapted to a fare register but I wish it to be fully understood that I have done so by way of illustration only. It is obvious that the invention would apply to cash registers, and could be used for many purposes other than registering fares. I, therefore, desire to claim my invention broadly regardless of whether it is used in connection with any particular kind of machine or for any particular use. Furthermore, it is obvious that numerous changes could be made in the specific form shown by wa of illustration herein without departing rom the spirit of this invention and I, therefore, desire that all modification that ma fairly fall within the scope of the appen ed claims shall be protected.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a machine, a duplicate set of indicator drums, means whereby said sets of drums are simultaneously actuated, said means including a gear, a lever actuated by the movement of said gear, a flash provided with a plurality of seats adapted to be engaged by said lever, means to cause said lever to engage one of said seats when said gear has been moved, and means to cause said lever to engage the other of said seats when the machine has been actuated.

2. In a machine, duplicate indicators, a flash therefor provided with a plurality of seats, a lever to hold said flash in either of two positions, a rotatable shaft, a cam thereon, a lever actuated by said cam to rotate said flash in one direction so that said first mentioned lever would be engaged by one of the seats, and means to rotate said flash in the other direction so that said first mentioned lever, would engage the other seat.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALBERT S. WHEELBARGER. 

